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Fredericksburg couple injured in crash that killed Schuylkill County woman

Lebanon Daily News

Updated:
02/15/2013 09:43:04 PM EST

A Schuylkill County woman was killed and four people were injured, including a Fredericksburg couple, Friday morning in a head-on crash in Schuylkill Haven.

Courtney Hengen, 22, Auburn, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, where she was taken by helicopter after the crash, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on Interstate 183 in Wayne Township, state police at Schuylkill County said.

Hengen was a passenger in a 2004 Mazda driven by Eric Mitchell, 19, Auburn, who lost control of the car and crashed head-on into a 2000 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck driven by Tina Walker, 54, Fredericksburg, police said. Walker was taken by helicopter to Reading Hospital. Information about her condition was not available.

A passenger in Walker's vehicle, William W. Walker II, 53, Fredericksburg, was also taken to Reading Hospital. He was later transported to Lehigh Valley Medical Center where he was in critical condition Friday night, according to a hospital spokesman.

Mitchell was taken by ambulance to Schuylkill Medical Center South, as was an infant traveling in his car. Information about Mitchell's condition was not available.

The condition of the infant will not be available because his name was not released.

The accident is still under investigation. Mitchell was charged with a lane violation, police said.

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